Recent Article/Chapter Publications
(links to papers <highlighted blue>)
- Bamberg, M. “You’re right, it’s nuts, we
can’t trust girls”: Form and function of narratives in identity constructions
in 10-year-old males (in preparation)
- Bamberg, M. Blank Check for
Biography? Openness and Ingenuity in the Management of the
‘Who-Am-I-Question’. —what life stories actually may not be
good for— In D. Schiffrin & A De Fina (Eds.),
Georgetown University Round Tables Proceedings, 2008.
- Bamberg, M. (forthcoming). Sequencing Events in Time or Sequencing Events in
Story-Telling? From Cognition to Discourse – With Frogs Paving the Way. In J. Guo,
S. Ervin-Tripp & Nancy Budwig (Eds.),
Festschrift for Dan Slobin. Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (version
with pictures)
- Bamberg, M. (submitted). Narrative
Analysis and Identity Research: A Case for ‘Small Stories’
- Bamberg, M., & Georgakopoulou, A. (2008). Small Stories as a
New Perspective in Narrative and Identity Analysis. Text & Talk, 28(3), 377-396.
- Bamberg, M. (2008). Twice-told tales: Small Story
analysis and the process of identity formation. In T. Sugiman, K.J.
Gergen, W. Wagner & Y. Yamada (Eds.), Meaning in action (pp. 183-204).
New
York: Springer.
- Bamberg, M. (2008). Selves
and identities in the making: The study of microgenetic processes in
interactive practices. In U Müller, J Carpendale,
N. Budwig & B Sokol (Eds.), Social life and social knowledge (pp.
205-224). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Korobov, N. & Bamberg, M. (2007). “Strip poker! They
don’t show nothing!” Positioning identities
in adolescent male talk about a television game show. In M. Bamberg, A DeFina
& D. Schiffrin (Eds.), Selves and identities in narrative and
discourse (pp.253-271). Amsterdam:
John Benjamins
- Bamberg, M. (2007). Introductory remarks. In M
Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative—State of the art (pp. 1-5). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- Bamberg, M. (2007). Stories: big or small—Why
do we care?. In M Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative—State
of the art (pp. 165-174). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- Bamberg, M. (2006) Special Issue of Narrative Inquiry vol. 16(1) --- (introductory remarks + 3 articles on small versus big
debate: by Alexandra
Georgakopoulou, Mark
Freeman, Michael
Bamberg) <<list of titles +
contributors>>
- Bamberg, M. (forthcoming). Sequencing
Events in Time or Sequencing Events in Story-Telling? From Cognition to
Discourse – With Frogs Paving the Way. In J. Guo, S. Ervin-Tripp & Nancy Budwig (Eds.), Festschrift
for Dan Slobin. Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (version with pictures)
- Bamberg, M.
(2006). Biographic-narrative
research, quo vadis? A critical review of ‘big
stories’ from the perspective of ‘small stories’. In K. Milnes, C.
Horrocks, N. Kelly, B. Roberts, and D. Robinson,
(Eds.), Narrative, memory and
knowledge: Representations, aesthetics and contexts. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield Press.
- Poster presentations at APS + APS with Samantha Trickey, Jamie Hickey, and Larissa
Christensen: APS in
May; APA in
August
- Korobov, N. & Bamberg, M. (2006). “Strip poker! They don’t show nothing!”
Positioning identities in adolescent male talk about a television game
show. In M. Bamberg,
A DeFina & D. Schiffrin (Eds.), Narratives
in interaction: Identities and selves. Amsterdam:
John Benjamins
- Bamberg, M. (2005). Review of Frosh/Phoenix/Pattman (Young
Masculinities) and Way/Chu (Adolescent Boys). Journal of Adolescent Research, 20(5), 604-608.
- Bamberg, M. (2005). Encyclopedia entries on ‘Agency’,’ Master
Narratives’, and ‘Positioning’. In D.
Herman, M. Jahn, & M.-L. Ryan (Eds.), The
Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory. New
York: Routledge.
- Bamberg, M. (2005). Motivating
psychology students to engage in inquiry. Review of Neil J. Salkind “An Introduction to Theories of
Development”. PsychCRITIQUES
– Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books
- Moissinac, L. & Bamberg, M.
(2005).
“It’s
weird, I was so mad”:
Developing Discursive Identity Defenses in Conversational “Small”
Stories of Adolescent Boys.
Texas Speech Communication Journal, 29(2),
142-156.
- Bamberg, M. (2004).
Narrative discourse and identities. In J. C. Meister, T. Kindt, W. Schernus, & M. Stein (Eds.), Narratology
beyond literary criticism (pp. 213-237) Berlin
& New York: Walter de Gruyter.
- Bamberg, M. (2004). Considering
counter narratives. In: M. Bamberg & M. Andrews (Eds.),
Considering counter narratives: Narrating, resisting, making sense (pp. 351-371). Amsterdam:
John Benjamins.
- Korobov, N. & Bamberg, M. (2004) Positioning a
‘mature’ self in interactive practices:
How adolescent males negotiate ‘physical attraction’ in group talk. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 471-492.
- Korobov, N. & Bamberg, M. (2004). Development as
micro-genetic positioning. British Journal of
Developmental Psychology, 22, 521-530.
- Bamberg, M. (2004). “We are young,
responsible, and male”: Form
and function of
‘slut-bashing’ in the identity constructions in 15-year-old
males. Human
Development, 47, 331-353. (Responses by Avril
Thorne and Rogers
Hall)
- Bamberg, M.
(2004). Talk,
small stories, and adolescent identities. Human Development, 47, 366-369.
- Bamberg, M. (2003). Review of Crispin Sartwell’s “End of
Story”. Narrative
Inquiry, 13(2),
473-481.
- Bamberg, M & Barcinski, M. (in collaboration with C, Morey, J.
Farwell & S. Powell) “ Developing a (male) sense of (heterosexual) self:
Positioning strategies in 10-, 12-, and 14-year olds on the topic of girls
and sexuality”. Symposium at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget
Society, Chicago, June 5th, 2003
- Bamberg, M. (2003) “Positioning
with Davie Hogan – Stories, Tellings, and Identities. In C. Daiute & C. Lightfoot (Eds.), Narrative analysis:
Studying the development of individuals in society. London: Sage.
- Bamberg, M. (2003) Foreword to ‘Qualitative
Research in Psychology’; edited by P. Camic, J, Rhodes & L. Yardley. Washington, DC: American Psychology
Association.
- Bamberg, M. ( 2003) "Construindo a masculinidade na adolescência: a formação de posicionamentos
e o processo de construção
da identidade aos 15 anos". In Moita Lopes, L. P. &
Bastos, L. C. ( Eds.) Identidades.
Recortes Inter- e Multidisciplinares.
Campinas: Mercado de Letras.
- Bamberg, M. & Moissinac, L. (2003). Discourse
development. In A. Graesser & M.A. Gernsbacher
(Eds.), Handbook for discourse processes (pp. 395-437). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Bamberg, M.
(2002). Literacy and development as discourse, cognition or as
both? Journal of
Child Language, 29,
449-453.
- Bamberg, M. (2001).
Why young American English-speaking
children confuse anger and sadness: A study of grammar in practice. In: K. Nelson, A. Aksu-Koc, & C.
Johnson (Eds.), Children’s language, Vol. 10: Language in use, narratives
and interaction (pp. 55-72). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Bamberg, M. (2000). Critical personalism, language,
and development. Theory & Psychology, 10, 749-767.
- Bamberg, M. (2000). Language
and communication – What develops? Determining the role of language
practices for a theory of development. In N. Budwig, I. Uzgiris,
& J. Wertsch (Eds.), Communication: Arena
of development (pp. 55-77). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
- Bamberg, M. (1999). Talk and what talk is about: The
development of form and content in discourse practices. Human Development, 42, 247-252.
- Bamberg, M. (1999). Identität in Erzählung und
im Erzählen. Versuch einer Bestimmung der Besonderheit des narrativen Diskurses für die sprachliche Verfassung von Identität.
Journal für
Psychologie, 7, 43-55
- Bamberg, M. (1999). Is there anything behind discourse?
Narrative and the local accomplishment of identities. In W. Maiers,
B. Bayer, B. Duarte Esgalhado, R. Jorna & E. Schraube
(Eds.) Challenges to theoretical psychology. Selected/edited
proceedings of the seventh biennial conference of the International
Society for Theoretical Psychology, Berlin, 1997 (pp. 220-227). North York: Captus University Publications.
- Budwig, N., Valsiner, J., & Bamberg, M. (1998). Situating Rogoff:
The interdisciplinary study of human development. Clark Working Papers on Developmental
Psychology, 1,
2-15.
- Bamberg, M. (1998). Narrative, play, and development. Human Development, 41, 196-199.
- Bamberg, M. (1997). Language, concepts
and emotions. The role of language in the construction of emotions. Language Sciences, 19,
309-340.
- Bamberg, M. (1997). Positioning
between structure and performance. Journal of Narrative and Life History, 7, 335-342.
- Bamberg, M. (1997). Culture,
words and understanding. Culture
and Psychology, 3(2),
183-194.
- Bamberg, M. (1997). Emotion
talk(s). The role of perspective in the construction of emotions. In S. Niemeier
& R. Dirven (Eds.), The
language of emotions (pp. 209-225). Amsterdam: John Benjamin.
- Bamberg, M. (1997). Introduction
to the volume. In
M. Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative development - Six approaches (pp. i-xiv). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
- Bamberg, M. (1997). A constructivist approach to
narrative development. In M. Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative
development - Six approaches (pp. 89-132). Mahwah,
NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum.
- Talbot, J., Bibace, R., Bokhur,
B., & Bamberg, M. (1996). Affirmation and resistance of dominant
discourses: The rhetorical construction of pregnancy. Journal
of Narrative and Life History, 6, 225-251
- Bamberg, M., Ammirati, D.L.,
& Shea, S. (1995). How
children learn to talk about things with no name: ‘Double Emotions’. In P.W. Davis (Ed.),
Alternative linguistics: Descriptive and theoretical modes (pp. 1-43.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.



Recent Books + Book Projects
- Schiffrin,
D., DeFina, A., & Bamberg, M. (Eds.) (in
preparation). From talk to identity: Methodological and theoretical
issues in identity research. Cambridge
University
Press.
- DeFina, A., Bamberg,
M., & Schiffrin, D. (Eds) (in preparation). Talk and identity in narrative and
discourse. Amsterdam:
Benjamins.
- Bamberg,
M. & Andrews, M. (Eds.) (2004) Considering
counter narratives. Amsterdam:
Benjamins.
- Bamberg,
M. (Ed.) (2000). Narrative identity. Special issue of Narrative
Inquiry, 10.
- Bamberg,
M. (Ed.) (1997). Narrative development - Six approaches. Mahwah,
NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum [Including a general Introduction to the Volume and six
individual introductions for each of the chapters]. (Reviewed in Journal of Child Language,
2000, 27, 453-459).
- Bamberg,
M. (Ed.) (1997). Oral versions of personal experience: Three decades of
narrative analysis. Special Volume of the Journal of Narrative and
Life History, 7: 1 - 4. (Also published as book)
- Berman,
R. & Slobin, D.I. (Eds.) (In collaboration with Ayhan
Aksu, Michael Bamberg,
Virginia Marchman, Tanya Renner, Eugenia Sebastiano, and Christiane
von Stutterheim) (1994). Different ways of
relating events in narrative: A crosslinguistic
study. Hillsdale, NJ.: Erlbaum Associates.
- Bamberg,
M. (1987). The acquisition of narratives: Learning to use language;
Berlin: Mouton
de Gruyter. (Reviewed
in: Language, 1991, 67, 150-155; Journal of Child
Language,1992, 19, 481-487 1992, Lingua,1989, 38,
402; L'Homme, 1990, 116; Bulletin de
la Societe de Linguistique1989).